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Wellbeing activities

We have put together some activities that you can do while you’re at home with your family. It’s important to talk to your family about how you are feeling, and we hope these activities will encourage those conversations while having a bit of fun.

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Diabetes and the new school year

It is important to make sure your school has an up-to-date diabetes management plan now that school has begun.

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Professor Davis wins Diabetes Australia award

Professor Liz Davis, Head of Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Perth Children’s Hospital is one of three diabetes leaders to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award from Diabetes Australia.

2025 Prospective Student Evening

The Kids Research Institute Australia’s annual Prospective Student Evening is an opportunity for students considering Honours, Masters, MDs, or PhDs to learn about what it would mean to work on a project based at the Institute.

Our team

See an overview of the people involved in the Children's Diabetes Centre, including co-directors, research focus area leads, research staff and students

Research

Updates in infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia and the potential for targeted therapy

Outcomes for infants diagnosed under 1 year of age with KMT2A-rearranged acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have remained stagnant over the past 20 years. Successive treatment protocols have previously focused on intensification of conventional chemotherapy, but increased treatment-related toxicity and chemoresistance have led to a plateau in survival.

Research

Feasibility of upper airway collapsibility measurements in anesthetized children

Patients with a propensity for upper airway obstruction, including those with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), are vulnerable in the perioperative period. OSA is an increasingly common disorder in children and, when present, is associated with an increased risk of perioperative respiratory adverse events (PRAE),1 morbidity, and mortality. Therefore, identifying at-risk patients is vital to provide tailored perioperative anesthetic management.

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Direct versus video laryngoscopy with standard blades for neonatal and infant tracheal intubation with supplemental oxygen: a multicentre, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial

Tracheal intubation in neonates and infants is a potentially life-saving procedure. Video laryngoscopy has been found to improve first-attempt tracheal intubation success and reduce complications compared with direct laryngoscopy in children younger than 12 months.

Research

Global estimates of the number of pregnancies at risk of malaria from 2007 to 2020: a demographic study

The most recent global estimates of the number of pregnancies at risk of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria infection are from 2007. To inform global malaria prevention and control efforts, we aimed to estimate the global distribution of pregnancies at risk of malaria infection from 2007 to 2020.